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Politico:
Senate GOP opposition grows to Electoral College challenge  —  The Senate Republicans opposed to certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win are heading toward a hefty defeat on Wednesday.  The only remaining question is this: how badly do they lose?  —  Just 11 GOP senators have signaled support …
Tom Cotton / Arkansas Online:
Duty of Congress  —  The House and Senate will meet Wednesday in a joint session to count the votes cast by the electoral college in the presidential election.  —  Some argue that Republicans in Congress should object to electoral votes from certain states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
SCOOP: Inside the GOP's strategy to challenge Biden's win (and the nail biter GA election)  —  With big assists from Melanie, Sarah and Kyle.  —  SCOOP: Sen. Ted Cruz and about nine or 10 other senators joined GOP Reps. Mo Brooks (Ala.), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) …
Washington Post:
Sen. Cruz to object to Arizona electors who certified Biden's win when Congress counts the votes  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) plans to formally object to the certification of electors from Arizona during Wednesday's joint session of Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter …
Ben Jacobs / GEN:
All Your Paranoid Questions About the Electoral College Certification, Answered  —  January 6 is going to be unprecedented, but Biden will still become president.  —  Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat in the presidential election has made the ceremonial counting of electoral votes …
Jordan Williams / The Hill:   North Dakota senator on decision to back Electoral College: ‘It was brutal’
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGA activists plot revenge on Republican ‘traitors’
George Will / Washington Post:
Hawley, Cruz and their Senate cohort are the Constitution's most dangerous domestic enemies
Chiara Giordano / The Independent:
Trump not allowed into Scotland to escape Biden inauguration, Sturgeon warns  —  US president reportedly planning to visit his Turnberry golf resort to avoid opponent being sworn into office  —  Donald Trump will not be allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden's inauguration, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Washington Post:
Trump warned by Scottish leader to stay away amid reports he might travel to his golf resort to skip inauguration
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP senators remove Lt. Gov. Fetterman from running first day of new session  —  Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.  Sign up for our free newsletters.
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Press Association:
GOP leaders in Pa. Senate will refuse to seat Democrat certified by state as winner  —  Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Bypasses Top Career Prosecutor To Name New Acting US Attorney In Atlanta  —  Following the abrupt Monday resignation of Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, President Trump is bypassing his first assistant, a career prosecutor, to name a new acting leader from outside the office.
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Beth Baumann / Townhall:
GA State Senator: We Have Asked Pence to Postpone Counting the Election Results  —  A handful of Republican state senators in Georgia have asked Vice President Mike Pence to postpone the counting of electoral votes.  The meeting to count - and certify - the votes from the 2020 presidential election …
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NBC News:
Trump leans harder on Pence to flip election results
New York Times:
Pence's Choice: Side With the Constitution or His Boss
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump and His Heirs Dream of Endless Victory  —  If you can spare an hour, do listen to the full tape of the conversation between the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.  Whichever adjective you use to describe Trump—delusional …
Discussion: CNN, Pharyngula and Popular Information
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Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Law Alums From Harvard and Yale Denounce Hawley, Cruz Challenges to Biden's Win
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Trump shared the wrong number for a Michigan lawmaker.  A 28-year-old has gotten thousands of angry calls.  —  A 28-year-old Michigan native was napping on Sunday when they were suddenly awakened by a barrage of rings, pings and buzzes coming from their cellphone.
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
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William T. Perkins / Petoskey News-Review:
Trump social media shares private Northern Michigan number, mistaken for Chatfield's
Discussion: Business Insider and Mercury News
New York Times:
Georgia Runoffs Live Updates: Voters Head to the Polls  —  In Democratic-heavy Atlanta and G.O.P. strongholds in North Georgia, voters eagerly line up.  —  ATLANTA — Whitney Leonard, 24, walked out of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta's West End neighborhood on Tuesday morning …
Discussion: Power Line
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Sen. Josh Hawley says ‘Antifa scumbags’ terrorized his family's Virginia home.  Protesters say they held a peaceful vigil.  —  The activists said they had staged a peaceful vigil on Monday night, protesting the GOP plan to object to Congress's certification of the electoral vote this week.
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Police: Protesters outside Sen. Hawley home were ‘peaceful’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Trump's Final Insult  —  Welcome to “The Tuesday,” a weekly newsletter that usually comes out sometime during the 24-hour period between Moon Day and Woden's Day.  To subscribe to “The Tuesday” and receive it in your in-box, please follow this link.  —  Up from the Rubble, Up from the Rabble
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
It's Over  —  Walk toward the White House during the final days of the Trump presidency, and you'll get an unmistakable feel of a government under siege.  Buildings near Pennsylvania Avenue are boarded up in anticipation of street violence.  Monuments are choked with fencing.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and New York Times
Politico:
Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles  —  President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team have begun to fill out top positions on the incoming National Security Council and at the State Department, with key roles like deputy national security adviser and deputy secretary …
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
F*** You, Ted Cruz  —  You un-American, anti-democracy, lying sack of sh*t  —  Liar or believer?  I've asked that a lot these past four years, as Republican politicians and media figures spout falsehood after Trump-supporting falsehood.  Do they really believe it?
Discussion: USA Today, CNBC, Bloomberg and CNN
Anita Chabria / Los Angeles Times:
Its freezer kaput, this NorCal hospital had two hours to give out 600 vaccine shots  —  About the time Gov. Newsom took to Facebook on Monday to lament the pace of vaccine distribution statewide, one Northern California hospital was injecting local residents at a furious pace …
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally against the 2020 election  —  Posters respond to Trump's prediction of “wild” day with discussion of potential bloodshed and advice on sneaking guns into D.C.  —  Far-right online forums are seething with references …
HuffPost:
Democratic Senators Urge Joe Biden To Pick Doug Jones For Attorney General  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 11 other Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Biden transition team recommending their former colleague.  —  A dozen Democratic senators have sent a letter …
Politico:
Biden transition hoping for victory but bracing for defeat in Georgia  —  Joe Biden is eyeing a more ambitious agenda for the first 100 days of his presidency — if, that is, Democrats can win twin upsets in a pair of Georgia Senate runoffs on Tuesday.  —  But Biden's advisers are privately skeptical …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
‘Borat 2’ Director Reveals What Really Happened With Rudy Giuliani: ‘My Jaw Hit the Floor’  —  THE LAST LAUGH  —  The director of ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ tells ‘The Last Laugh’ podcast how Maria Bakalova infiltrated OAN to get to Rudy Giuliani—and what really went down in that hotel room.
Discussion: Raw Story
William Bredderman / The Daily Beast:
Loeffler's Husband Entangled in Secret Gov't Surveillance Operation  —  The feds are renting an airport hangar from him for planes linked to a U.S. Marshals Service domestic spying program. … Sen. Kelly Loeffler's husband is renting out an airport hangar to the U.S. Marshals Service …
Washington Post:
EPA finalizes rule to limit science behind public health safeguards  —  The Trump administration's ‘transparency’ rule requires researchers to disclose their raw data.  Opponents argue that the goal is to exclude important research on human health.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency …
Jerry Moran U.S. Senator / Manhattan Mercury:
A Note To Kansans  —  I am a conservative Republican.  Therefore, I must strictly adhere to the United States Constitution.  The Constitution clearly limits the role of Congress with respect to presidential elections to the counting of electoral votes that have been certified by the states.
 
 
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